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ROSEBANK: SPECIAL RATINGS AREA PROPOSAL TAKES SHAPE
Tide of community prideASTRID FEBRUARIE
@FebAstrid
A proposal for a Special Rating Area(SRA) in Rosebank is currently under-way with the aim to promote an inclu-
sive green and child-friendly neighbour-hood.Thiswas revealed during ameetingwhich
took place on Monday 30 June at the GuideHall in Rosebank.The meeting was attended by residents
from Rosebank and Little Mowbray, as wellas representatives of the Rosebank Neigh-bourhood Watch (RNW).Marc Gammon, chairperson of the RNW
and part of the steering committee for theSRA, said the decision to establish an SRAwasmooted and explored in a range of meet-ings.“We are confronted by a range of systemic
and social issues [which] our current struc-ture and financing models make impossibleto respond to. With this in mind we proceed-ed to set up a proposal for an SRA,” he said.Finding broad support the committee un-
dertookaperception surveywhich indicatesthat there is a high level of satisfaction withthe current state of the community in all are-as which an SRA is intended to address suchas crime, grime, social and environmental.“The reason why the survey indicates a
high level of satisfaction is due to the in-volvement of the residents, communicationand crime prevention as well as very goodsector policing,” Gammon said.Despite this positive perception the sur-
vey also indicated a strong desire for com-munity-funded security which can be pro-vided through an SRA.If approved it will be called the Rosebank
Improvement District (Rid). “The resultsconfirmed the initial indication of supportso we proceeded to draw up a business plan.“The documents sets out our goals and as-
pirations and plans for the establishmentandoperationof theRosebank ImprovementDistrict,” he said.It would include reducing crime in the ar-
ea; creating a safer public environment;keeping streets, pavements and public spac-es clean; enhancing property values anddriving projects for residents both youngand old.
Rosebank resident Simon Birch is alsopart of the steering committee and said abudget breakdown will be provided to resi-dents.However, before any expenditure, deci-
sions will be made according to project pri-ority and shared in public forums andthrough other community associations ac-tive in Rosebank.
Gammon further states that once amajori-ty of support is obtained from the communi-ty and the City of Cape Town has approvedall criteria met, Rid operations will com-mence on 1 July 2015. “We hope the publicparticipation process will be concluded byAugust and that we have reached a favoura-ble and sustainable agreement wit the Cityby Monday 1 September,” says Gammon.
POISED FOR EXCELLENCE: Cape Town Ballet dancers held a performance at the University of Cape Town School of Dance on Saturday, whenvisitors got a taste of Ballet Beautiful which opens at the Artscape on Friday (4 July). It will run until Saturday 12 July. PHOTO: LULAMA ZENZILE/FOTO24
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Saturday 5 July
V Harfield Village: Join First Avenue LineDance Club at the Village Work Centre in FirstAvenue from 12:15 until 13:15. For moreinformation email instructor Shereen Bruindersat [email protected].
Sunday 6 July
V UCT: Beverley Chiat, Violina Anguelov andVictor Tichart will perform in the Gift of Musicat the Chisholm Recital Room at UCT Collegeof Music at 17:30. Ticket prices range fromR80 to R100. Refreshments will be served; allin attendance will receive a gift bag. To bookor for more information phone 072 969 7297.
Monday 7 July
V Claremont: Join First Avenue Line DanceClub at St Ignatius Catholic Church hall, nextto Abbotts College, 11:00 to noon. For moreinformation email [email protected].
V Newlands: The Cape Horticultural Societywill hold an illustrated talk by David Davidsonon Chelsea and other special English gardensat The Athenaeum in Campground Road at20:00. Admission costs R20 for visitors. Formore information phone Glenda, 021 531 5713or [email protected].
Tuesday 15 July
V Plumstead: The prostate cancer supportaction group will meet at MediClinic Constanti-aberg in Burnham Road at 17:45 for 18:00.Guest speaker Dr Raoul Goldberg will speak onAn integrative approach to cancer. Phone073 560 3067 for more information.
V Claremont: The Claremont cluster Communi-ty Policing Forum will hold a general meetingat 18:30 at Claremont Civic Hall. ColonelEllmann, the Claremont cluster commander willbe in attendance to answer questions afterthe guest speaker Steve Hamilton.
Wednesday 16 July
V Kirstenbosch: Gold Fields EnvironmentalEducation Centre will host a biodiversity wasteart workshop for children aged 10 to 12 from09:00 to 13:00. The workshop costs R60.Pre-booking and pre-payment essential. Formore information contact Basheerah Jassiemor Michelle September on 021 799 8670 [email protected].
Thursday 17 July
V Kirstenbosch: Gold Fields EnvironmentalEducation Centre will host a treasure box artworkshop for children aged six to nine from09:00 to 13:00. Children will create anddecorate their special treasure box. The cost isR60. Pre-booking and pre-payment essential.For more information contact Nazeerah vanNiekerk or Michelle September on021 799 8670 or [email protected] visit www.sanbi.org.za.
Saturday 19 July
V Newlands: Professors Sakkie Cornelius andKeith Grenville will present three lecturesunder the Day School topic Religion in AncientEgypt at the Egyptian Society of South Africaat Kelvin Grove at 10:00. There will berefreshments and a buffet lunch. Admissioncosts R180 for members, R210 for visitors andR90 for students. To book a place contactJean Smith on 021 557 5082 or [email protected] before or on Monday 14 July.
Wednesday 23 July
V Claremont: Harlyn Neighbourhood Watchwill hold its annual meeting at Christ The KingChurch in Milner Road at 18:30. All residentsare welcome. The watch covers the area fromKenilworth Road to Kromboom Road and theM5 toward the railway line
Invitation to be the differencePeople’s Post will this year assist a girls’home to establish a library – and we needyour help.This initiative will be this newspaper’sMandela Day event and we, together withour valued readers and advertisers, hopeto make a tremendous impact upon thelives of the girls in the care of the Homein Wynberg.Called thePeople’s PostBook andBoardGame Drive, the needs list is short. Read-ers and advertisers, together with Peo-ple’s Post journalists and advertisingstaff, are invited to contribute towards
this event by donating age-appropriatefiction and non-fiction books.These can be in English and Afrikaansand to include reference books, encyclo-paedias, dictionaries andAtlases. Colour-ing-in, sticker and activity books are alsowelcome.In line with the title of the initiative,
People’s Post is also appealing for boardgames. If your children are too old to playwith the board gameswhich are just gath-ering dust on a shelf, why not contributethese to this worthy cause? These includeMonopoly, snakes and ladders, checkers,
chess, backgammon, Cluedo, 30 Secondsand Scrabble.Other games like Sudoku, puzzles andJenga are also welcome.You can personalise your donation bywriting a short message of encourage-ment on the inside cover of the book(s) ordrop your note together with your boardgame donations.The girls range in age from four to 20years.The books and board games do not haveto benew, butmust be in a good condition.V Call People’s Post at (021) 910 6500 for moreinformation or email [email protected] withthe words “Books and Board Games Drive” in thesubject field.
OBSERVATORY: LIQUOR SOLD ON CREDIT
Homeless allowed to drink now, pay laterNICOLE MCCAIN
@nickymccain
Observatory bottle stores havebeen pinpointed as deepeningsocial problems by selling alco-
hol to street people on credit.Liquor outlets are reportedly keep-ing identity documents and socialgrant cards as collateral, while allow-ing street people to pay for booze at alater stage.One man living on the street, whorequested not to be named, says he of-tenbuys cheapwine inObservatoryorSalt River.“It’s R12 for a litre or R40 for five li-tres. We make the money by sellingcollectables from dustbins. The winekeeps uswarmand it is better than us-ing drugs like tik or unga. We sleepoutside and a bit of wine helps us tokeep warm. It’s the only small pleas-ure we have,” he says.Aletta Coya admits to havingbought liquor on credit before.“I accumulated R200 debt at the bot-tle store. I was using my child’s grantmoney to buy wine. I’m not addictedanymore, but it was a bad time. I usedto drink until I passed out and didn’tknow where my child was. I startedselling collectables to pay off my debtand today I’mno longer addicted,” shesays.Provincial Liquor Authorityspokesperson Philip Prinsloo says thepractice is against the law.The Western Cape Liquor Act 4 of2008 as amended reads that a “personwho being a licensee, or a person onhis orher behalf, receives orholds anydocument or movable property as se-curity or in pledge for the payment ofa debt relating to the sale of liquor, isguilty of an offence”, says Prinsloo.
Any outlet reported to the LiquorAuthority will be investigated, headds.Coya knows of half a dozen streetpeople indebted to the bottle storesand who are servicing their debt withtheir child support or disabilitygrants.Alfred Hammond, who also lives onthe street, estimates this number to bearound 20.“Street people go to the bottle storesand leave an item such as their identi-ty book or grant card. Often they payback their debt when they receivetheir grant the next month,” he says.The South African Social SecurityAgency (Sassa) regional spokespersonShivani Wahab says grant cards maynot be used to buy on credit.“As an agency we are not in supportof the loans that are granted to benefi-ciaries as it deepens the cycle of pover-ty. The impact of this is that people aretrapped paying back the loans. Socialgrants remain one of government’smain poverty alleviation initiativesand Sassa has repeatedly warned ben-eficiaries against entering into anyloan agreements. No social grant ben-eficiary may use their social grant asa guarantee to obtain a loan as thistends toperpetuatepoverty,” she says.Observatory Improvement Districtsocial worker Kenneth Roman has re-ceived numerous reports of bottlestores selling on credit to street peo-ple.“I’ve approached the bottle storesmany times to ask them to stop. Theyjust say: ‘If I don’t sell the liquor,someone elsewill. I have to run a busi-ness.’”Alcohol and drug abuse are rifeamong street people, Roman explains.“Many of those living on the street
have been kicked out by their familiesdue to drug or alcohol abuse. Even ifyou are not an alcoholic and start liv-ing on the street, it is quite likely thatyouwill become one as you are associ-ating with alcoholics. Drinking alsokeeps the cold at bay,” he says.However, alcohol abuse has serioussocial implications for people on thestreet.“The cheap wine sold to street peo-ple gets them drunk very quickly.This leads to fighting or drunks pass-ing out on the side of the road or otherdangerous areas. I’ve seen motherswho don’t care for their children orpregnant women who drink continu-ously.”Alcohol abuse is of greater concernthan other illicit drugs, says social de-velopment and early childhood devel-opment mayoral committee memberSuzette Little.“It is so deeply entrenched in our so-ciety and its consequences are devas-tating. Our vulnerable groups likestreet people are no exception and weknow too well the relationship with,and impact of, cheap substances thatare sold bymany liquor outlets.Whilethe relevant government departmentscontinue their battle to eradicate thispractice, I can only appeal to liquoroutlets to cease their exploitative ten-dencies,” she says.“This administration has a toughenough task trying to ease the plightof street people without unnecessarycomplications. Just like we urge thegeneral public to ‘Give Responsibly’by supporting shelters and organisa-tions working with street people in-stead of direct hand outs, I’d like tourge liquor establishments to trade re-sponsibly by not fuelling the viciouscycle.”
VICIOUS CYCLE: Observatory bottle stores are reportedly sellingliquor on credit to street people. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN
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The City of Cape Town’s Subcouncil 20 is in the process of identifying deserving individualsand organisations to receive a civic award in accordance with the Conferment of HonoursPolicy approved by Council on 3 December 2008 and amended by Council on 25 July 2012.
Subcouncil 20 incorporates Wards 58, 59, 62, 71, 72 and 73 (Bergvliet, Bishopscourt,Claremont, Constantia, Harfield Village, Heathfield, Kenilworth, Meadowridge,Diep River, Elfindale, Kirstenhof, Lakeview, Mowbray, Newlands, Plumstead, Punts Estate,part of Retreat, Rondebosch, Rosebank, Steenberg, Steurhof, Tokai, Westlake, Wynberg).
Members of the public are invited to nominate individuals or organisations for an award.A certificate of recognition for outstanding achievements and service to individuals ororganisations that have made a significant contribution to civil society within their areas ofjurisdiction may be awarded to a living person or in memory of a deceased person.All nominations must be in writing, and include adequate motivation.
Please submit your nomination and supporting motivation to the Acting SubcouncilManager, Alesia Bosman (E-mail [email protected]; fax021 794 7692) on or before 31 July 2014.
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ROSEBANK: APPEAL FOR FOCUSED EFFORT TO SECURE SUBWAYS
‘Get back on track, Metrorail’ASTRID FEBRUARIE
@FebAstrid
A local civic association inMowbraybe-lieves it is time amore comprehensiveeffort is made to improve all railway
subways for safety reasons.Jonathan Hobday, chairperson of the
Rosebank and Mowbray Civic Association,says their campaign to make the railwaysubways safer and more user-friendly hasbeen ongoing for more than two decadesand residents claim that nothing has beendone.“There are more than half a dozen rail-
way subways and they are vital links be-tween neighbouring communities,” hesays.The subways which are of particular con-
cern areBurgStreet, Rosebank,AlmaRoad,Liesbeek Road and Molenvliet Road rail-way subways.But Metrorail spokesperson Riana Scott
firmly states the provision of street-to-street access is the responsibility of theCityof Cape Town.However, they have received sporadic
complaints with regard to the railway sub-ways listed.“Metrorail has recently removed va-
grants from several rail precincts with theassistance of railway police andwill contin-ue to address the situation as best it couldwith the resources at its disposal,” Scottsays.However, she insists that a sustainable
and cross-functional solution to an en-trenched socio-economic dilemma is themost effective solution.“Until such time as adequate facilities
and viable alternatives are available toCapeTown’s indigents, their presence in in-appropriate areas will unfortunately re-main,” she says.Hobday says the subways have become
even more important in recent years be-cause of the increase of UCT students andthe ongoing upgrade in the commercial andresidential areas along Main Road Mow-
bray. “Hundreds of students live on the eastside of the railway line andmust cross dailyat all times to get to their studies. More andmore shoppers also need to cross. However,the subways are notorious crime hot-spots,” he fumes.Hobday says there have been and contin-
ue to be many incidents of muggings androbberies.“There have been regular clean-ups and
general maintenance and at least one flood-ed and litter-clogged subway (at Mowbraystation). However, this subway was closedand replaced by a footbridge,” he says.Other railway subways have been fitted
with gates so that they canbe closed at nightto prevent vagrants invading.Hobday says there is ongoing clearing of
bush and other repairs.“We would like to see all these subways
given a comprehensive makeover whichwould include repainting and repair ofsteps and railings, much-improved signageand much-improved lighting,” he says.The association would also like to see all
the subways made cycle- and wheelchairfriendly.Most importantly, Hobday adds, is that
Metrorail ought to give stringent considera-tion to the use of effective security meas-ures such as CCTV cameras, mirrors, heat-sensitivity systems and panic-buttons.But Scott says the use of any technology
cannot be a stand-alone solution as any sys-tem must be monitored to be effective.“In Metrorail’s experience such systems
are vulnerable, prone to vandalism and, asa result, costly to maintain,” she says.Hobday says the association’s firm belief
is that community safety roleplayers suchas police, Metro Police, the Groote SchuurCommunity Improvement District and oth-er private security companies should havecoordinated responses and monitoring forthe subways.Metrorail encourages communities to
take an active interest in their neighbour-hoods.“Several neighbourhood watches, rate-
payers’ associations and community organ-isations have successfully collaboratedwith Metrorail in vagrancy management,crime deterrence and cleanliness of com-mon and/or adjoining precincts,” saysScott.Hobday acknowledges these efforts. but
stresses that Metrorail needs to be more re-ceptive to proposals and possible solutionsfor this to be mutually beneficial.“There is no doubt that authorities can do
more. You can’t do theworkwithoutMetro-rail’s involvement,” he insisted.V Share your thoughts. Starting with the word “Post”SMS your comments to 32516. SMSes cost R1.
SAFETY: The Rosebank and Mowbray Civic As-sociation is calling on Metrorail to ensure thesubways are safer and more user friendly.
PHOTO: ASTRID FEBRUARIE
Fees scrappedAs of 1 June, the City of Cape Townno longer raises deposits for connec-ting to municipal services such aselectricity, water and refuse remo-val from residential users.“This shift is intended to improve
on theCity’s efficiency and to reducethe administrative burden,” saysmayco member for utility servicesErnest Sonnenberg.Homeowners will be credited with
the original deposit amount theypaid at the time of applying for theservice connection. This will be re-flected on their municipal accountsin July or August and, if the depositis greater than the account, the re-maining credit will roll over until itis exhausted.The City does not intend to make
cash repayments.And pensioners and people with
disabilities will no longer have to ap-ply annually for a municipal rebate.This will significantly lessen the ad-ministrative burden on both the ap-plicants – about 26 000 each year –and the City.
PEOPLE'S POST | CLAREMONT | RONDEBOSCHThursday, 3 July 20144 NEWS
OUDE MOLEN: REDEVELOPMENT ON THE CARDS
Eco village hasdesigns on WDCNICOLE MCCAIN
@nickymccain
Almost two decades ago, a group of so-cial entrepreneurs transformed a der-elict public facility into an environ-
mentally friendly village.Now, with plans to expand the village tocreate employment and social develop-ment, the OudeMolen Eco Village has beengranted World Design Capital 2014 status.The village was started in 1997 when agroup transformed an abandoned and van-dalised section of Valkenberg Hospital intoa micro-enterprise village to alleviate pov-erty providing affordable space to smallbusinesses, creating job opportunities andempowering youth.The community nowboasts 42 small busi-nesses, ranging from backpacker accom-modation to music studios, equestrian ac-tivities, frailcare services, metal, wood, artand craft workshops, public pool and braaifacilities, urban agriculture, a restaurantand school enterprises. It employs about200 people.Now the Oude Molen Eco Village Ten-ants’ Association is looking to grow the vil-lage to include more micro enterprises,says the association’s Hudson McComb.“The proposed future development aimsto use all profits for social, economic, envi-ronmental and educational development inthe region.“It will be carefully balanced so as toavoid an excessive building footprint thatwould undermine the unique sense of spaceand ambiance that sets Oude Molen apart.An estimated 100 enterprises will activelyprovide job shadowing and skills develop-ment opportunities to 160 unemployedyouth a month,” he says.
The future development emphasises anholistic approach that optimises the histor-ical legacy, strategic location, scenic viewsand unique social and recreational oppor-tunities the Oude Molen Eco Village prop-erty has to offer local, neighbouring andoutlying communities in the region, hesays.“Based on a 50-year lease, R200m can begenerated for provincial government andR70m distributed to non-profit organisa-tions over a 50-year period. In addition 500full-time and 1 500 informal employmentopportunities will be created.”The redevelopment is grounded in thesame principles uponwhich the villagewasfounded, says McComb.“We wanted to look at how we could usea public asset to address social and environ-mental issues,while stillmakingmoney forgovernment. We would like the village tobecome a destination, much like the OldBiscuit Mill, and we want to keep the spaceas public as possible so that everyone canbenefit from it,” he says.But the association is looking for publicinput to make the village as welcoming aspossible.“The proposal has been included as aWorld Design Capital 2014 project. This ex-citing accolade not only affirms the innova-tive and socially relevant nature of the vil-lage, but provides a dynamic platform forheightened public participation in the de-sign and future development.“The public will be invited to contributeto the planning process by submitting de-sign ideas, which will be documented andput on display. This will expose the projectto broader innovation and enhance thesense of community participation and pub-lic custodianship of the village.”
DREAMING BIG: Redevelopment plans for the Oude Molen Eco Village have been awardedWorld Design Capital project status. PHOTO: NICOLE MCCAIN
New system’s glitches ironed outDESIREÉ RORKE
@dezzierorke
“Teething problems” with a new systemimplemented at the planning and buil-ding development offices of the City ofCape Town have caused a backlog thathas local developers hot under the col-lar. Not denying this, the City howeveris full of praise for this new system,which was introduced on 1 April, sayingoperational “glitches” are being seen tocurrently and as the system becomesmore refined, the process will becomemore efficient.A People’s Post source who wishes toremain anonymous, says his work sche-dules are months behind as he awaitsbuilding plans to be approved.“I am aware of this new system thathas been in operation since March, butsince thenwe have experienced huge de-lays,” he says, adding that small new re-gulations such as being able to hand inonly three plans at a time, have costthem many man hours.But Johan van der Merwe, mayoralcommittee member for economic, envi-ronmental and spatial planning, thisweek thanked industry roleplayers fortheir patience with the assurance thatthis new system, once fully operational,will result in substantial benefits for ap-plicants.“Whenever anewsystem is implemen-ted, it inevitably affects the process untilthe new system stabilises. This is requi-red in the short-term in order to stream-line the process in the long-term and toeffectively implement an improved sy-stem,” he says.He admits there have been minimaldelays but added most of the applicati-ons are being processed. “Applicants arewelcome to submit more than threeplans. However, as a measure to ensurethat submissions are dealt with morespeedily, applicants submitting more
than three plans are requested to submittheir plans at a different counter,” he ad-ded.Van der Merwe describes the new De-velopment ApplicationManagement Sy-stem (DAMS) as “pioneering”.This is an integrated system that linksto the City’s Property Value Chain andaccounting system (SAP). It also makesprovision for standardised processing ofdevelopment applications.Another feature of the new system isthat applicants can now also submitplans and applications electronicallyand obtain approvals electronically.“The City of Cape Town is the onlyme-tro who has implemented such a system.The DAMS development team is wor-king very hard to ‘de-bug’ the system ofany glitches and is also looking at otherinitiatives to support the operating dis-tricts to overcome any operational chal-lenges. Departmental staff are refiningthe system and speedily addressing anyglitches so that the applicants can expe-rience the benefits of this system, whichis unique to the City of Cape Town,” hesays.Van Der Merwe adds that, althoughthere has been an inevitable impact onturn-around times for the processing ofapplications, it is important to note thatthe initial records show the majority offinalised applications still fallwithin thestatutory required timelines.Measures to address delays have beenput into place. “This includes the esta-blishment of a support centre to speedilyaddress issues raised and to assist userswhere they have experienced problemswhen using the system,” he says. Clientsexperiencing service delivery problemscan also contact the relevant districtma-nagers if they feel their applications arenot processed as expected.V The public can submit any feedback or queriesto Emil Schnackenberg at [email protected].
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RONDEBOSCH: UCT RADIO STATION BURGLED
Crime’s frequencyASTRID FEBRUARIE
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Equipment to the value of R60 000 wasstolen from UCTs Radio’s studio onupper campus on Thursday 27 June.
Riana Geldenhuys, head of UCT’s mediaoffice says a similar break-in took place inJune 2012 when two laptops were stolen.
“The items stolen during this break-inwere three laptops. The stolen equipmentwas not new,” she says.
Geldenhuys says despite claims that thecrime took place days after the studio was“revamped”, she can confirm that this isnot true.
“The station was not revamped as such,but did move to a new office space threeyears ago. It moved from its previous loca-tion in the Leslie Social Sciences Buildingto the Computer Science Building,” shesays.
Warrant officer Lyndom Sisam, spokes-person for Rondebosch police says onThursday 26 June at 20:00 the a memberof the station’s management locked thepremises and checked that everythingwas in order.
However, the following day at 05:00when the complainant returned to thepremises he discovered that the front doorwas forced open.
“He called the police and opened a caseof burglary,” he says.
Geldenhuys says UCT takes the safetyand security of its students, staff and visi-tors very seriously.
“UCT Radio is located on UCT’s upper
campus, which is patrolled by the univer-sity’s Campus Protection Services (CPS),”she says. This includes the close surveil-lance of buildings and numerous physicalpatrols.
She says in despite such precautionsthe, campus is an attractive target forcriminals. “Each time an incident ofcrime is reported we revisit our security
measures and try to improve on them. Inthis case, patrols in the area will be in-creased.”
Sisam says no arrested has been madeas of yet. “We are still investigating andfollowing up on all leads,” he says.V If anyone feels unsafe in a situation they are ad-vised to call the CPS on 021 650 2222 or press thealarm button on one of the CPS bollard on campus.
ALERT: Students are advised to always be cautious and to report any suspicious behaviourto UCT’s campus security. PHOTO: ASTRID FEBRUARIE
Car thieves prowlMONIQUE DUVAL
@monique_duval
Vehicles in Wynberg and Kenilworth are be-ing targeted by thieves.
According Wynberg Police Station report,thefts out of motor vehicles have spiked inthe last month. Spokesperson Warrant Offic-er Silvino Davids says while motorists areoften warned not to leave valuables in theirvehicles, they often fail to take extra care.
In Wynberg, the affected areas are WolfeStreet, as well as off-street parking areas andshopping malls. “According to reports, bags,laptops and cellphones are the main itemsstolen,” he says.
Davids says cases of thefts in Wargraveand Bathurst roads in Kenilworth have beenreported. There has been one arrest wherea security guard noticed a suspicious manand arrested him. “We later found he hadbroken into cars in the area,” Davids says.
He further stresses the importance of notleaving valuables in vehicles. “It creates theopportunity for thieves when they see some-thing of value on the backseat. We ask peopleto exercise caution at all times,” he adds.
Pete Linnegar, chairperson of the Kenil-worth Residents’ Association, says the for-mation of a street watch around BathurstRoad has led to a reduction in crime.
He explains security guards working inthe area had a good working relationshipwith police and often called for assistance.
Linnegar adds safety tips are sent to resi-dents reminding them not to leave valuablesin their cars.
Davids says the spike in theft out of motorvehicles is having a big impact on Kenil-worth. Responding to questions on whethermotorists could be reporting fake cases forinsurance purposes, he says: “If someone re-ports a crime, our responsibility is to inves-tigate. If we find a false case has been report-ed, a case of defeating the ends of justice willbe opened.”
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Waterpolo stars to take on the worldLIAM MOSES
@LiamCPT
Southern Suburbs players are set to playan integral part of theSouthAfricanun-der-19 waterpolo team which will com-
pete at the FinaMen’s YouthWorld Champi-onships next month.Players from Cape Town make up majori-
ty of the 12-man squad, with Bishops, Sacsand Reddam House all represented.The six local players are Andrew During,
Kimon Haralambous, Liam Neill (Bishops),DavidRom (ReddamHouse), JordanRumbe-low and Luke Schooling (Sacs).Brad Rowe, Swimming South Africa head
waterpolo coach, says the national coacheshave been scouting these players for twoyears.“Haralambous is one of three left-handed
players in the team – unusual in waterpolo
– which gives us an attack up the right sideof the pool,” he says.“Neill is one of the two first-choice centre
forwards, while Schooling is another left-hander. We base our defence around JordanRumbelow and the rest are good all-roundplayers; they are all the top players in thecountry.”Team selection was based on performance
at school tournaments, inter-provincialcompetitions, quarterly training camps andmonthly swim tests conducted over the lasttwo years.The process is ongoing and programme to
select the 2016 squad has just commenced.“It’s a very balanced team.KwaZulu-Natal
beatWesternProvince on penalties at the in-ter-provincial tournament, so when theymix into one team they become a lot strong-er. We also have players with nice flair fromEastern Province.”
Rowe’s side qualified for theWorld Cham-pionships after beating Zimbabwe and los-ing to Egypt in play-off matches in March.SA have been drawn in Group C of the
tournament along with Brazil, Italy, Turkeyand Russia.Egypt, the other African side at the tour-
nament, have been drawn in Group A withSpain, Hungary, USA and Kazakhstan.Rowe believes his side received the easier
draw of the two African nations.To qualify for the final 16, his charges will
need to secure enough points to finish in thetop three of the group.Rowe says it’s an achievable but difficult
goal. Should SA finish outside the top four,they will advance to the losers’ section withthe other seven sides who placed last andsecond last in the groups.The squad assembled in Durban for a five-
day training camp at the end of last month.
However, they will leave for the tourna-ment at the end of this month without play-ing any warm-up matches.Rowe believes this will hamper their
chances of reaching the next round.“We play Turkey first, which doesn’t suite
us. It would be better if we played them last,after we’ve had some match practice,” hesays.“At that stage, we wouldn’t have played a
game together. The other teams will havebeen playing warm-up matches in Europe,but we can’t because each player is payingR30 000 to go to the tournament. There isn’tanyone they can play locally, because theyare the best here.”The Fina World Men’s Youth Waterpolo
Championships will take place in Istanbul,Turkey from Saturday 2 to Sunday 10 Au-gust. The SA men’s team will depart on ei-ther Wednesday 30 or Thursday 31 July.
Badgers net trophy in DurbanTheWestern Province Cricket Club (WPCC)Badgers beat three of South Africa’s bestclubs to win the Greenfields Riverside EliteClub Challenge on Sunday.The annual tournament was hosted by
Riverside Hockey Club in Durban from Fri-day 27 to Sunday 29 June.As the country’s only national, non-uni-
versity inter-club hockey tournament, theevent attracts someof the country’s top play-ers who regularly compete on the nationaland international hockey circuit.Of the 69 players in this year’s four squads,
23 were fully capped South African interna-tionals.Gowan Jones and Matt Botha are just two
of the well-known players who participated.Apart from the eventual winners and the
hosts, the tournament also featured KwaZu-
lu-Natal’s Kearsney Hockey Club and Gau-teng’s Wanderers HC.Bagders were in devastating form
throughout the tournament, remaining un-beaten and racking up bonus points for scor-ing more than four goals per game in two oftheir three matches.The Rondebosch club finished at the top
of the table on 11 points, the hosts were sec-ond on five points, Kearsney came thirdwith three points and Wanderers finishedfourth with two points.Apart from the trophy, glory and bragging
rights, WPCC also returned home withR8000. Lloyd Norris-Jones and Wade Pattoneach bagged an additional R1000 as the tour-nament’s top goalscorer and player of thetournament – as voted by all the players inv-oled – respectively.
CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS: The Western Province Cricket Club Badgers won the GreenfieldsRiverside Elite Club Challenge in Durban on Sunday. PHOTO: GREG LABUSCAGNE
Local teams vie for Coke Cup gloryLIAM MOSES@LiamCPT
The battle for Cape Town’smost coveted am-ateur football title reaches a critical stagewith the Coca-Cola Cup round of 64 on Sun-day.The tournament is a highlight on the Cape
football calendar and pits the best sides fromaround the city against one another. Hun-dreds of teams fromevery local football asso-ciation (LFA) affiliated to Safa Cape Townkicked-off the tournament over two monthsago.They are now set to be trimmed to just the
32 winners from this round of matches.With almost half of the remaining 64 sen-
ior sides from the Southern Suburbs, a
strong contingent should be expected to ad-vance to the next round.In total 31 teams from the south will be in
action, representing the Mitchell’s Plain,Cape Town Tygerberg, Cape District,Manenberg, Rygate, Athlone Heideveld andSouth Peninsula LFAs.Many of those sides should be favoured to
win.National First Division (NFD) club Santos
will face off againstPhantomOrionatBonte-heuwel Sports Complex at 15:30 and shouldemerge victorious even though their firstteam players will not take the field.The same can be expected for their NFD
rivalsMilanoUnited,who should get thebet-ter of Island Rovers at Blue Downs SportsComplex at the same time.Three of Cape Town’s top ABC Motsepe
League (Safa Second Division) clubs will al-so vie to reach the next round.Glendene United will battle Rising Stars
at Site C Stadium in Lingelethu at 13:30,while RC Athletico must beat fellow South-ern Suburbs locals Junction Rovers at TheGreens inManenberg at 13:30 andCrusadersface Royal Priesthood FC at 15:30The tournament’s last two winners are al-
so still in the running to take the title.Hanover Park won the tournament in
2012. They were, however, knocked out inthe quarter-finals by a youthful Milano sidelast year.Jordan Callies shocked local football fans
when they knocked out Milano in the semi-finals and went on to beat Sporting United4-3 in the final to take the spoils last year.The round of 64will seeHanover Park face
Maitland’s Saxon Rovers in Blue Downs at15:30, while Callies take on FC Mimosas atThe Greens simultaneously.The under-17 round of 64 will also take
place on Saturday and Southern Suburbsteams will again do battle inmany of the fix-tures.V The under-17 fixtures will kick off at 10:30 and 12:00,while the senior games start at 13:30 and 15:30 at theabove-mentioned venues.
HAND OFF:Goal Hunt-ers FC’sVuyisekeGxasheka(right)fouls Am-bassadorsFC playerSandisweQaji duringa Safawomen'sregionalleaguematch atRygateSportsComplex onSunday.PHOTO: RASH-IED ISAACS
LEG DRIVE: Temper-ance-Cities RFC playerLlewellyn Mentoor istackled by Busy Beesplayer Yanga Bake-jane during a WP ClubRugby City Leaguematch at City Park onSaturday. Busy Beeswon 23-17. PHOTO:RASHIED ISAACS
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Mocké still on a winning streakMulti-discipline paddling superstar
Jasper Mocké has added another ti-tle to his ever growing list of
achievements.The Peninsula Canoe Club member won
theWestern Cape CanoeUnion (WCCU)K1(single canoe) long-distance river champi-onships on Saturday, beating several otherbig names andBergRiverCanoeMarathoncontenders to the finish line.The race was held on the 33km section
of the Berg River between the Hermon andGouda bridges for the 41st time in icy-coldconditions.A leading bunch of seven paddlers got
away in the A-batch and consisted ofMocké, LanceKing andPeninsula stalwartGraeme Solomon, as well as Luke Stow-man, Louw and Ernest van Riet, and IvanKruger.Mocké, King and Solomon dominated to
the extent that they formed a breakawaygroup within five kilometres of the start.Stowman was in sight of the leaders.It continued this way down to Zonquas-
drift low-level bridge where it was neces-sary to portage, with King leading Mockéand Solomon. Stowmanmade up ground asthe leaders jumped out of their K1s and leg-ged it over the portage area.The quartet stayed together until the
26kmmark, where Stowman dropped off at
a very narrow section, following an ex-tremely sharp right-angled turn in the infa-mous forest area of the Berg River.From this point until the end, Mocké,
King and Solomon took turns in pulling,bringing it down to the wire for a final flat-out sprint for the line at the Gouda Bridge.Mocké crossed the line in 2:08:51, King in
2:08:53 and Solomon in 2:08:54.Alex Adie, also of Peninsula, easily won
the senior women’s section of the event,leading from start to finish.Starting at the front of the B-batch, she
powered all the way to the finish line in anexcellent 19th position overall and as thefirst woman home.Bianca Beavitt made a welcome return
to river racing and showed her class to fin-ish in 2:32:15, while Robyn Henderson wasthird in 2:36:37.Stowman won the under-23 division in
2:10:40 to stamphis authority on the catego-ry. Peninsula’s Dom Notten finished sec-ond in 2:16:19 to hold-off a charging AntLake of UCT, who was third in 2:45:26.The junior division (under-18 and under-
16) saw anew face on the river. Peninsula’sMark Keeling dominated to finish 24thoverall with a time of 2:32:06.Marco Marsch was second in 2:40:07 and
Theo Moses finished in third place with atime of 2:24:26.
GOLDEN: Peninsula Canoe Club’s Jasper Mocké won the Western Cape Canoe Union K1long-distance river championships on the Berg River on Saturday. PHOTO: JOHN HISHIN
Hammies continue derby dominanceLIAM MOSES
@LiamCPT
Hamiltons stormed to a heavy victoryagainst Villagers in the 139th edition ofSouth Africa oldest club rugby derby inClaremont on Saturday.The clubswere founded in 1875 and 1876
respectively, and clash in one of theCape’s biggest rugby matches each year.As expected, the fixture was physical
and intense from the first whistle withboth sides eager to get one over their archrivals at Brookside.The SeaPoint side haswon the last nine
derbys– and continued their winning runover the counterparts on Saturday.Villagers edged Hammies the posses-
sion and territory stakes for most of thefirst quarter, but lacked the inventionandpower needed to make any real headway.Theywasted an opportunity to open the
scores in the 10th minute, when flyhalfDaniel Clarke missed a penalty. The tidebegan to turn soon after.Hammies pace, power, dynamism and
directness soon lead them to the opposi-tion 22 and, after several minutes of re-lentless attack, flank Nieuwoudt Gressecrossed over close to the left touchline inthe 20th minute.JannovanZylmissed the conversionat-
tempt but made up for it soon after.Van Zyl burst down the right wing in
the 30thminute andwas stopped centime-tres from the try-line, but flung the ballto outside centre Jandre du Plessis togather and touchdown.Van Zyl converted to take Hammies to
a 12-0 lead.They resumed their dominance when
play resumed and were back in the redzone just five minutes later, creatingspace for flyhalf Monty Dumond to jogover for the third try.Van Zyl’s successful conversion elevat-
ed the score to 19-0.Hammies scored their fourth try just
before half-time, when lock Tian Fickbroke the line, leapt over the last defend-
er’s tackle, tumbled to the ground andpopped a pass to supporting fullbackPierre Cronje, who crossed untouched.Villagers showed bags of tenacity to
claim ahealthy share of territory and pos-session in the first 10 minutes of the sec-ond half, but were again forced to resortto kicking when confronted by thestaunch Hammies defence.The visitors fifth try camedirectly from
one of these kicks in the 11thminute, withDumond finishing off a sublime 40mcoun-ter-attack before Van Zyl goaled the con-version.Villagers lookeddead andburied but re-
fused to give up.The hosts scored their first points of the
game in the 55th minute, when hookerScotty Pitcher crossed in an overlap onthe right wing.However, the fight-back started and
ended there as Clarke could not convertand three more tries were scored againstthem in the remaining minutes.Hammies left wing Craig Pheiffer
showed abundant pace to beat the coverdefence and score in the 29th minute.Dumond converted the score, then
scored another try five minutes later –racing to the try-line after he was putthrough a gap – and converted his own tryto hand Hammies a 40-point lead with sixminutes remaining.Hammies eighth and final try came in
the 79th minute, when Gresse steppedthrough the exhausted Dirty Whites de-fence to touchdown.Replacement centre Morgan Newman
converted the try with a drop goal – tosave time – and the final whistle soundedwith Hammies leading 52-5, but still chas-ing another try.
Pedal festivalEntries have opened for a brand new cyclingfestival in Cape Town in October.The Engen Cycle in the City will see riders
of all age groups and abilities compete in a cri-terium at Cape Town Stadium precinct inGreen Point. Criterium racing is a shortcourse cycling format, designed to bringhard-hitting action to spectators. However, the fo-cus of these events will not only be on the fastand furious elite racing categories but also onfun and family participation.The event, the first of its kind in South Afri-
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vintage men’s and women’s categories.Each race will last between 20 and 40 min-
utes, with the elite race lasting an hour andtaking place under the street lights.Cycle in the City will also feature a Suit and
TieCorporateRelaywhichwill raise funds forthe Red Cross Children’s Hospital, a FamGlam dress-up event aimed at families and achildren’s dash for young riders agedbetweenfive and 10.The Cape Town edition of the Engen Cycle
in theCitywill takeplace onSaturday 25Octo-ber.V Applications can be completed at www.cy-cleevents.co.za. Entries close on Monday 20 October.
LOW AND HARD: Villagers inside centre David Radloff is tackled by his Hamiltons’ Calvin Kotzeduring the 139’h annual derby match between the two sides on Saturday. Hammies were convinc-ing 52-5 victors. PHOTO: YUSUF MAGED/ OMAR IMAGES